Alfred fkeschl



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- A. .PRESGBL APPLIGATION 0F FABRICS To MOLDINGAND OTHER ARTICLES".

-Patented Feb, 5,1884 v nina Pimwliummpm. wmlmlum", n. c.

Unirrrgn Sri/iras Ferrini @Enrica ALFRED FRESCHL, OF IlETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGXOR TO rlHE DETROIT GASKET COMPANY.

SPECIFICA'IION'l forming part `of Letters Patent No. 293,158, dated February 5, L84.

Y Applicalion filed October 20, 1893. ,(Nn modi-l) T0 all wil/0711, t may ogn/cern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED FREscHL, ofDetroit, county of Vayne,` State of l\Iich1gan,have invented a new and useful Improvement iu the Application of Fabrics to Moldings and other Articles; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use it,

referencebein g had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists in an improved molding, and iu l the operation of applying fabric thereto and upon other articles of manufacture, hereinafter described, and more fully pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspectivev c view of a molding embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a variation insectiou, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a burialcasketembod ying my invention.

My invention relates to the application of cloth to moldin and other articles of manufac1 ture, and has special reference to the method of bringing the edges neatly together, whether two different fabrics are employed,or wheretwo edges df the samefabric are brought together. In the accompanyingdrawings I have illustra-ted my inventioii as applied to molding, and more particularly in the manufacture of burial- .caskets I design the application of my invention to any other articles of manufacture where it may be advantageously employed Wherever two edges of fabric come together.

H eretofore in" the manufacture of burial-caskets, 4for instance, which are covered with cloth, it has been common, where two edges of the cloth come together, to adj ust the edges suitably together, and to secure over the edges a strip of tape, ribbon, or other suitable maferial to produce a neat appearance and finish. It has also been common in the manufacture of moldings covered with fabric, in order to avoid an unsightly edge-as, for instance, where the molding is covered with two or more different kinds of cloth, or cloth of different shades of color-to construct the molding itself `in separate parts, and to secure the cloth upon each of said parts,and then to unite the parts, the edges of the fabric thus being hidden from view between said united'parts of the molding. 'This operation involves needless expense. Other methods have been employed,also, to overcome the difficulty in uniting the edges ofthe fabric upon the article manufactured,and to make a neat appearance, and it is the object of my in- APPLIcA'Tlo'NoF FABRICS To MoLDlNes AND OTHER ARTlcLEs.

vention to accomplish this result by cutting into the molding or other article of manufacture a suitable kerf or groove wherever the edges of the fabric come together, and forcing the edges of the fabric into said korf in anysuitable manner. y l

I carry out my invention as follows:

c A represents any ordinary molding. In Fig. l the molding shown is what is called in the `manufacture of burial-caskets a cove7 molding, upon which three different fabrics, A A2 A, are secured, said molding constructed at the l intersection of the edges of the fabric with kerfs a a a, said kerfs in this instance running longitudinall y with the molding. In covering the molding, glue or other adhesive substance is applied,in the usual 1nanner,to the molding. lThe cloth is applied thereto in the usual way, eX- cept that the cloth is pressed into the kerf, which may be readily done either by the thumb'V nail or a suitableinstrument. The cloth is then cut by running a knife across it in the groove. Ordinarily the processof forcing the cloth into the kerf or groove and cutting it vso. that the edge may be projected into the groove may be done by one and the same operation of the knife. The knife at the same time forces the fabric into the groove and cuts it. In this many nerany suitable number of different fabrics may be applied to a molding-as, for instance, as 'illustrated in Fig. 1, different shades of fabric may be employed upon the face of the mold- To this end the kerl' or groove is made upon the inner face of the molding, as shown at a3 and at The cloth is made to adhere to the molding in any suitable manner, the edge be. ing brought over and into the kerf. This may be done after the molding is applied to the shell of the casket, as also the operation of applying the fabric upon the shell of the casket, the fabric being forced into its prop er groove and then cut, although, of course, the fabricmay first be cut off just the desired dimensions, i f preferred, the edge being protected from View by being projected into the groove, as above described. N ot onlyis this process applicable-to themanufacture of molding, but it is also; applicable in other locations vin the lmanufacture of casketsand other articles of manufacture.

As shown in Fig. 3,13 represents the burialcasket. B and B2 are the head and foot'panels upon the casket-cover. B is'I the center panel. In applying the fabric to the cover it is customary to cover these panels separately, and to run strips of fabric the Whole length of the cover upon the edges, and thenv to apply suitably sized pieces in the interveningspaccsas, for instance, as illustrated at BL and In this case it will be seen that the edges of the fabric must necessarily come together. Now, by cutting a suitablekerf or groove in the cover at b b b, the fabricmay at vthis point be forced into the groove and cut as described, `dispensingiwith thenecessity of applying a cover of ribbon, as has heretofore been customary, to cover up the adjacent edges'. So, also, at the ends of the easket,where it has heretofore been necessary to bring edges of clot-h together, and to cover them with tape or ribbon, a suitable same method may be employed upon the shell 4o of the casket Wheretwo edges come together, as at C, or on any other articles of manufacture covered vby fabric. This process of providing the molding or other portion ofthe casket or other articles of manufacture with a suitable kerf or groove, and by pressing thevfabrie into said groove and cutting off the same, if need be, by the application of a knife to the cloth in said groove, is a simple operation which may be readily and quickly accomplished, and by properly limiting the Width of the kerf vor groove to the cloth to be applied in this manner a neat and tasteful finish may be attained, this method also resulting in a saving of material and time, while it may also be done byv unskilled labor.

Vhat I claim is- Amolding covered with fabric, said molding` V provided with one or more kerfs or grooves and the fabric pressed into said grooves, the constructionbeing such that the edges of the fabric may be suitably concealed in said grooves, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence .of two Witnesses.

ALFRED FRESCHL.

- N'Vitnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, v lll. B. ODoGHEn'rY. 

